fire firegeezer on 30 Apr 2008 05:02 pm
Bay City Moves To Eliminate Career FD
THE BAY CITY (MICHIGAN) COMMISSIONERS BEGAN DECIMATING the town’s fire department Monday night as a means to balance their annual budget.
The Bay City Fire Department operates 4 engines and 1 ladder out of four stations with a minimum staffing of 14 on duty. If this proposed budget is approved next month they will eliminate the ladder company, reduce minimum staffing to 12 and eliminate 3 firefighters.
They also approved a measure to explore converting most of the FD to a paid-on-call force. While keeping a greatly reduced number of career firefighters, the commissioners think that the firefighting standards and quality could be maintained with a volunteer paid-on-call contingent.
The Bay City Times has the STORY.
Bay City Fire Dept. WEBSITE.
WNEM-TV has a video report:
